Eight outcasts : social and political marginalization in China under Mao / Yang Kuisong ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Gregor Benton and Ye Zhen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yang, Kuisong, author.

杨奎松, author.

Contributor:

Benton, Gregor, translator, editor, writer of introduction.

Ye, Zhen, 1982- translator, editor, writer of introduction.

Standardized Title:

"Bian yuan ren" ji shi. English

"边缘人"纪事. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019056858

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

History.

China.

China--History--1949-1976.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

285 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The 1949 Communist Revolution marked a period of earthshaking change in China. Political, economic, ideological, and cultural movements set into motion came to galvanize the country, culminating in dramatic social transformations at all levels but also in the persecution of hundreds of thousands of the country's citizens. Based on normally inaccessible records of confessions, interrogations, trial transcripts, and depositions, Eight Outcasts tells the stories of eight victims of the Maoist dictatorship. It introduces readers to individuals accused of infractions such as corruption, political wrong thoughts, homosexuality, illicit sexual activity, foreign ties, or "historical problems" (connections to the former Kuomintang regime) in the period between the revolution and Mao's death in 1976. Each chapter brings stories of China's voiceless citizens to light, broadening our knowledge of this important transitional period"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published as Bianyuanren jishi by Guangdong renmin chubanshe, Guangzhou, 2016."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editors' introduction -- Author's preface -- Author's introduction -- Returning to the people's road -- The consequences of concealing history -- The irremovable hat -- The price of "reaction"--The "fall" of a branch secretary of the Communist Youth League -- Weighty files -- "Non-political detention" -- The curse of the "overseas connections."

Other Format:

Online version: 880-01 Yang, Kuisong. Eight outcasts.

ISBN:

9780520325272

0520325273

9780520325289

0520325281

OCLC:

1088526835